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Stephen Warnock

English association football player

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Source revisionAug 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ241321 ↗
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Stephen Warnock (born 12 December 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Starting off his career at Liverpool, he went on to also represent Coventry City, Bradford City, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Leeds United, Derby County, Wigan Athletic and Burton Albion during a career that spanned between 2002 and 2018. A full international between 2008 and 2010, he was capped twice by the England national team and was part of the nation's squad at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Liverpool

Warnock was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire where, in his childhood, he played for Rufford Colts (based at St Bede's RC High School) and also played for St Bede's RC High School. Following his time spent in the Liverpool youth academy and England youth set up, with his first international cap in the under-16s, he had loan spells at Bradford City (where he scored his first career goal against Sheffield Wednesday) and Coventry City.

Warnock made his first-team debut for Liverpool against Grazer AK on 10 August 2004, in the first leg of a UEFA Champions League third qualifying round match.

In May 2005 he missed out on a place in the squad for the 2005 UEFA Champions League final. He was initially named in the squad but according to Rafa Benitez this was a mistake and was subsequently removed.

In his second season, he was asked to play primarily at left back, in rotation with John Arne Riise. Warnock scored his only goal for Liverpool against Fulham in a 5–1 win on 15 March 2006.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1981, 2002, 2018, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1981-12-12. The account is most persuasive where Stephen, Warnock and English can be independently traced.
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